-- Posted by King Kong at 4:55 am on Aug. 29, 2008 The BBC is once again extending the remit of its iPlayer service to allow viewers to catch up on every episode of a popular series. The iPlayer currently only allows viewers to watch programmes broadcast in the past week, which means people who watch an episode part-way through a series have no means of catching up with the show from the beginning. But from 13 September, the BBC will start offering "series stacking" on a select number of shows, such as BBC One's Tess Of The D'Urbervilles and BBC Two's History of Climate Change. There are limits   to the series stacking service, however. Only 15% of the BBC's output is allowed to be offered for series stacking, as part of the BBC Trust's measures to prevent the service from harming commercial rivals. Channel 4's on-demand service, for example, offers every episode of a wide range of its shows - including popular comedies such as Drop The Dead Donkey and Spaced - for free. The BBC's series stacking service will only initially be available for streaming - which offers poorer picture quality than the full download service because of its limited bit-rate. That said, the BBC is beginning to offer "high quality" 800kb/sec streams using the H.264 format on certain programmes. Series stacking will be extended to full downloads and TV platforms (such as Virgin Media) "in due course". "Series stacking marks a key development in our strategy to let audiences view our programmes whenever and wherever they want," claims BBC Vision's controller of multiplatform and portfolio, Simon Nelson. click here -- Posted by Spice at 4:58 am on Aug. 29, 2008 That's a pretty neat idea. I wonder if programs I actually watch will be series stacked. -- Posted by K r e s c e n d o at 4:58 am on Aug. 29, 2008 It lags for me. It's also a rip off for 4oD. I have both, and I prefer Channel 4's version. -- Posted by allsmiles at 5:00 am on Aug. 29, 2008 That is awesome. BBC iPlayer is quite possibly the best thing in the interweb. This makes it double best. -- Posted by Roger Wabbit at 5:00 am on Aug. 29, 2008 Fingers crossed for Doctor Who! -- Posted by King Kong at 5:03 am on Aug. 29, 2008 Quote: from Roger Wabbit at 1:00 pm on Aug. 29, 2008 Fingers crossed for Doctor Who! we'll find out if a series of DR who will be on it in 2010. the 'gap year' -- Posted by Byble at 5:10 am on Aug. 29, 2008 Coolies, i hate 4OD -cry it doesn't work on my computer.. like sucks to be me.. and i hate it when they charge chu but ehy woopwoop -- Posted by Spice at 5:21 am on Aug. 29, 2008 Quote: from Rtheory at 12:58 pm on Aug. 29, 2008 It lags for me. It's also a rip off for 4oD. I have both, and I prefer Channel 4's version. I have both, they both work fine for me =\ -- Posted by marshmellowman at 5:23 am on Aug. 29, 2008 Quote: from Byble at 1:10 pm on Aug. 29, 2008 Coolies,   i hate 4OD -cry it doesn't work on my computer.. like sucks to be me.. and i hate it when they charge chu   but ehy woopwoop I know 4OD sucks balls. I have to use Windows on VMware Fusion to use it, even then it is horrible. I greet this news with great pleasure, though I hope that the series I watch will be stacked and not just some shit in the corner.